American Black Duck vs Common Pochard

Anas rubripes เปรียบเทียบกับ Aythya ferina

Side-by-Side Comparison

คุณสมบัติ American Black Duck Common Pochard
ชื่อวิทยาศาสตร์ Anas rubripes Aythya ferina
อันดับ Anseriformes Anseriformes
วงศ์ตระกูล Anatidae Anatidae
สถานะการอนุรักษ์ Least Concern Vulnerable
ความยาว
กว้างปีก 53.4 cm (21.0 in) 41.7 cm (16.4 in)
น้ำหนัก 1211.25 g (42.73 oz) 845.5 g (29.82 oz)
อาหาร -- Eats molluscs, crustaceans, and aquatic invertebrates; dives in shallow water; diet dominated by hard-shelled benthic …
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Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

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American Black Duck only

Common Pochard only

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American Black Duck

Freshwater and brackish wetlands in eastern North America from Atlantic Canada south along the coast to Georgia. Breeds in northern bogs and wetlands. Winters on coastal marshes, estuaries, and freshwater lakes.

Common Pochard

Breeds on freshwater lakes and marshes with emergent vegetation across Eurasia from Iceland and western Europe east to Siberia. Winters on large open lakes, reservoirs, and estuaries.

Song & Call Comparison

American Black Duck

เสียงร้อง

Female produces a loud, deep quacking series; male gives a low, raspy grunt. Voice is deeper and huskier than a Mallard; pairs call powerfully across northeastern North American wetlands.

Common Pochard

เสียงร้อง

Male emits a soft, wheezing purr; female gives a harsh, grating quacking series. The male's gentle, sibilant purring contrasts with the female's loud, grating call on European and Asian lakes.

Geographic Range & Migration

American Black Duck

Common Pochard

Breeds across northern and central North America; winters in Mexico, Central America, and along both US coasts.

สถานะการอนุรักษ์

Least Concern

American Black Duck

Vulnerable

Common Pochard

How to Tell Them Apart

American Black Duck

ขนนก

Sooty dark brown body; head and neck paler buff with dark streaking. Iridescent purple speculum without white border. Males have yellow-green bill; females olive with orange blotches. Silvery underwings in …

Common Pochard

ขนนก

Males have chestnut-red head and neck; black breast; pale gray body; black undertail. Red eye. Blue-gray bill with dark base and tip. Females brown with pale face and eye-ring. Gray …

About These Birds

American Black Duck

A large dark brown dabbling duck closely resembling a very dark female Mallard, with purple speculum, yellowish-olive bill in males, and orange legs. Common in eastern North America. Hybridizes freely with Mallard; pure populations declining in the interior.

Common Pochard

A medium-sized diving duck. Males have a rich chestnut-red head, black breast, and pale grey body; females are brown with a pale face. Widely distributed across Eurasia. Population declining sharply; Vulnerable on European Red List.

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